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Thursday, May 22, 2014

New York Times: You are planting that old thing? By Michael Tortorello

You are planting that old thing?


May 14, 2014 by Michael Tortorello

The Catalpa Tree Appreciation Society needs fresh blood. There are no meetings to attend and no dues to pay. All you have to do is appreciate the catalpa tree. Maybe plant one in the yard.

And that’s the hitch. Almost no one appreciates the catalpa tree, and few gardeners have planted one since the financial crisis. The one in the 1930s.


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So why should the “cigar tree” have become less popular than a cigar? And if a plant as congenial and durable as the catalpa could vanish from the country’s nurseries and catalogs, what other horticultural treasures might have faded with it?

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In a broad sense, American homeowners have stopped spending money on all types of trees and shrubs. Bruce Butterfield, the market research director for the National Gardening Association, recorded a 46 percent drop in landscaping purchases in the four years after the financial panic (the 2008 edition). During roughly the same period, food-gardening sales increased 40 percent.

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Saturday, August 18, 2012

1994 Westminster Nurseries recipes and home hints Calendar



For over 25-years I made a living farming nursery stock, trees, ornamental plants, and perennials. One of my key and critical suppliers was Westminster Nurseries.

I grew-up almost next to the Westminster Nurseries production fields and green houses and spent many an entire day roaming Westminster Nurseries’ fields.

And actually, that is how I learned the Latin names of most plants. The plants in the fields were always identified by its Latin name and as a child I never really thought much of it. I just figured that was the plant’s name… It was not until later in high school, when I took Latin classes, that I learned more about the Rules of Linnaeus and taxonomy…

I always liked the Westminster Nurseries’ calendar; not only because I liked the pictures, but I also liked the recipes and home hints…

August 18, 2012 Kevin Dayhoff


[19940000 Westminster Nurseries recipes and Home Hints Calendar]

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